Siblings W/birthdays Close Together

My children's birthdays are 4 days apart. It does not seem to bother them. They are 13 and 10. We have always celebrated seperately to give them their own special day. Last year however it worked out great to rent the whole skating rink and they could invite as many friends as they wanted. But they still got a cake on their actual birthday. I hope this helps. A. B.

Hi, my son was born on March 7 2000, and my daughter was born on March 5 2002. So they are 2 days short of 2 years apart. So far it doesn't bother them at all. I still have their birthday parties together, I do send out 2 different invitations to everyone. They don't mind at all, and personally it's almost better for them because they would be so jealous if one got all the presents for their birthday and the other didn't that day. Does that make sense?

Hi there.

My boys are 1 year and 7 days apart. (jan 4th and jan 9th) The ages now are 6 and 5. I started out since birth that they get presents from me and my hubby on their birthday. Any presents that they get from family is saved until their birthday party. And we combine the party b/c my boys pretty much act like twins and like the same exact things. We have a large black board that we use to begin the countdown to their birthdays the day after Xmas. Every night before they go to bed, they get to erase the count and add the new number.

Th good part about their birthdays being in Jan. is that the day after Xmas I can go buy presents for them b/c every toy in the world is half price or more for the after Xmas sales!!!

In response to your request for thoughts on sibling being close together; my children are within 2 years of each other, one in February and the other in March. My children get along great and personally it really doesn't matter how close or far apart they are born. Children are a gift from God and that is all that really matters. I hope my thoughts are helpful. Take care!

D.

My girls are 1 year and 4 days apart. When they were little we combined the parties and they loved it. When they were school age and asked for their own, we did them separate.

Their parties are not always on their birthdays. But like the other post, we do our gift on "the day" with a small cake and the dinner of the birthday girl's choice. The party is separate, so it's never an issue.

my sister an i were 7 days shy of exactly 2 years and we loved it!!! my parents usually gave one large gift together and had separate birthday parties. we are the best of friends.

my kids are 6 weeks apart and are different sexes so them being close together doesn't matter.

good luck!

The best laid plans......Here's the thing....You just can't necessarily control these things. My boys were supposed to have birthdays well over 2 months apart, but after a perfect 1st pregnancy, my second was a bit complicated and he came 2 months early--now their birthdays are within days of each other. And I think the Christmas birthdays are more what you (the parents) make of it. If you combine the gifts for Christmas and birthday, of course that's no fun, but if you make a big deal of the birthday (even just as a family) with a real party a couple weeks after the real thing--the child will still have all the fun of both Christmas and a birthday. Good luck!

My two daughters will be 4 and 2 in May. Their birthdays are 9 days apart, with the younger one having hers first. Right now, they do not care. Our little one doesn't really know it is her birthday, so it really doesn't matter at all to her if she has a seperate birthday party. I'm sure that will change. It was difficult when our younger daughter was born, because our older one was only 2. She really got upset when her grandma wanted to hold the baby and wasn't holding her right then. That was hard, but she got used to the baby and was really a good helper.

My brother and sister had their birthdays only days apart. They were three years apart (with me in the middle in a different month). They never seemed to mind.

I hope that helps!!

T.

Having birthdays close together is anything but a pain, occasionally it can be trying on the pocketbook, but other than that its convenient. I know about 2 moms who have thier childrens birthday parties at the same time and the kids LOVE it! Thier parties are bigger which means more kids to play with, (and more presents for the both cause the parents buy 2 individual presents even if the friend belongs to only one of the children!) the best part!, grandparents/family make it for both birthdays!! Good luck with your future pregnancy! God Bless!

My brother and I have birthdays 15 days apart--in July. It was not a problem for us. The biggest problem was having a summer birthday because so many people are on vacations and in camps that it was hard to plan parties where friends could be there. With summer birthdays we were always the youngest in the class too.

There are perks and downfalls to anytime of year. My daughter's birthday always falls during Spring Break and my son's birthday is a few weeks after school starts. Babies don't always cooperate either. My son was five weeks early!

Relax and try to not to worry. I hope that your little miracle happens for you. It will be a blessing no matter when it arrives.

Hope this helps.

My 2 oldest kids b-days are within 3 weeks of each other Nov 19th and Dec 10th and then comes Christmas!!!! It gets really hectic around Christmas time but it all works out in the end!!!! I do stress out alot around that time because it is real hard to balance everything with Christmas right around the corner. For me it is to many things in such a short period of time!!! My kids think it's great because they have their b-days and then whatever they didn't get they get for Chritmas!!! I think in the long run it is if you think you can handle it cause the kids really don't even seem to notice!!!! My 7 month olds b-day is in june and i am so excited that hers is away from the others!!! Just some things about my person experience hope it helped!!!

~C.

My sister and I have our bdays 10 days apart and it never bothered us. :o)